Because even in Confindustria there is a snort on Stellantis
What future for Stellantis? Here are the concerns of industrialists, trade unions and politicians for FCA's Italian plants after the merger with PSA
The future of Stellantis in Italy is worrying. Unions, industrialists, politicians and public administrators fear for the future of the Italian plants in the post-birth of the fourth automotive group in the world, as emerged during a videoconference on the subject organized by the Brothers of Italy.
And Giorgia Meloni's party is calling for the intervention of the Italian state, through the CDP .
Here is what was said.
FRATELLI D'ITALIA ASKS CDP INTERVENTION
Let's start with the auspices. Fratelli d'Italia, worried about the future of FCA and its Italian plants, invokes the intervention of the State through an intervention by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti . The aim would be to rebalance the shareholding structure of the new company, in which the French state is strongly present.
THE PAROLDE OF ADOLFO URSO
“We will present a project that provides for the preparation of a national plan for the automotive sector and the participation of Cdp in the shareholding of the new company on a par with the French public share. In fact, it is now clear that it was not at all a joint merger between FCA and PSA but a sale that prefigures a French governance, whose public shareholder has, moreover, increased its stake after the merger, contrary to what previously affirmed ”, said the senator of Fratelli d'Italia, Adolfo Urso, head of the Business Department and vice president of Copasir.
THE FUTURE OF THE FACTORIES IS FARED
The hand of the state would serve to protect, it emerged during the videoconference, the future of the Italian plants, avoiding that "the plants in Melfi, which would pass from two production lines to one by sacrificing Jeep Renegade, in Cassino and Pomigliano, lose other production capacity , given the precedent of Termini Imerese ”, reports the agency Dire .
THE CONCERNS OF CONFINDUSTRIA LOMBARDA
Concerns about the future of the plants are also shared by Confindustria. On Stellantis, “we would not like to face another story like that of Ilva, where all the limits of an important part of Italian politics emerge. The auto sector at national level is worth 400 billion euros in turnover and 27 in wages, equal to 20% of GDP, but Italy has never considered it strategic. We do not discuss the free market, a company is right to move as it wants; the responsibility is that of not having created the conditions for Italian car companies to be structurally competitive. The incentives are good, but we must remove the bureaucracy and make Italy attractive ”, said the president of Confindustria Lombardia Marco Bonometti.
“Why does a PSA product cost less than the one produced by us? And be careful that in Italy the FCA production sites are all in the south, we must defend the South ".
CONFINDUSTRIA BASILICATA: WE DON'T WANT TO SAY GOODBYE TO FCA
Same fears of Francesco Somma, president of Confindustria Basilicata (induced FCA of 3,000 employees and 50 companies): “We have already said goodbye to Fiat for some years, now we hope not to tell FCA too. Minister Giorgetti and Prime Minister Draghi give guarantees, however, and we trust in them ”.
“There was talk of activating a third production line and now there is a fear, even if at the moment there are still 'boatos', of reducing everything to a single line. I would therefore be satisfied in the Stellantis game of a stakeholder state, which asserts national interests: the incentives for the refurbishment of the car fleet should then go to productions that concern Euro 6, and not just electricity ".
ALFA ROMEO MOVED TO FRANCE?
"The name Fiat does not even exist anymore, at least it was maintained in FCA: we risk that everything will be canceled", said Elena Chiorino, councilor for labor of the Piedmont Region.
Same fears as Hella Colleoni, president of Confimi Industria , recalling as circles “that Alfa Romeo will also move to France”.
POZZI (LUISS): THERE WILL NOT BE POSITIVE TURNS FOR ITALY
Also disliking the merger between FCA and PSA is Cesare Pozzi, professor of Industrial Economics at Luiss, who believes that the move will not have turned in favor of Italy in "a fundamental and strategic sector for this nation" with " related industries, components ”that“ dealers risk entering into a really deep crisis, also given the contingency of the pandemic ”.
THE CONCERNS OF THE TRADE UNIONS ABOUT CASSINO
And the trade unions are also particularly concerned about any structural interventions that may affect the factories. “The Stellantis operation is not a merger, but an acquisition: the investments planned in Melfi on the hybrid are still in charge, the assets assigned in Cassino will not allow the plants to be saturated, and the disengagement on the Giulietta is a strategic mistake. The relations between Draghi and Macron make us feel a little more relaxed, but we need a different protagonism, planning skills, a reconversion of workers and sites, a reform of the shock absorbers ”, comments Fabio Bernardini, provincial secretary of the CISL metalworkers of Frosinone.
THE UNIONS FEAR FOR MELFI
Vincenzo Tortorelli, regional secretary of Uil Basilicata is "very worried" for Melfi: on "Melfi we have done everything on flexibility in recent years, if the CEO Tavares wants to reduce costs, we discuss, but this cannot mean not cleaning one factory, for example ".
Angelo Summa, regional secretary of CGIL Basilicata also expressed concern: “The current 440,000 cars produced in Melfi per year would be halved. The Italian sites today are all underpowered, we must use the resources of the Recovery Plan for a strategic sector like ours ".
UGL INVOKES ITALIAN INDUSTRIAL POLICY
A serious industrial policy is needed for Tullia Bevilacqua, from Ugl Emilia-Romagna: “What is the idea of Italy's industrial policy? She is not clear. We support the participation of workers in business management but in Italy there is resistance on this by companies and Confindustria. Instead, it could give excellent results as success in Europe. There is a lack of a certain capacity to dare to protect our companies, therefore ”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/perche-anche-in-confindustria-si-sbuffa-su-stellantis/ on Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:51:28 +0000.